Air-moistener.



C. G. MUKENDRIGK.

AIR MOISTENER. APPLICATION FILED IEB. z

Patented M1119, 1909.

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CHARLES GIRO MCKENDRIOK, OF MONROE, NEW YORK.

AIR-MOISTENER.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application led February 26, 1908. Serial No. 417,847.

and its object is to provide a new and im? proved moistener for moistening the air in the room in which the radiator is located, the moistener being connected with the steam chamber of the radiator and arranged to allow ste-am to pass into the moistener and to be diffused by the same into the surrounding air, to moisten the same.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be'more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out-in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as a plied; and Fig. 2 is an en larged sectiona side elevation of the improvement.

A pipe A is attached to the steam radiator B to connect with the steam chamber, and theouter 'end of the pipe A is provided with a valve C andy terminates in a pipe D, preferably disposed vertically, and closed at the top bya cap E or other suitable means, said pipe being provided with series of perforations, as vshown in Fig. 2.

f Within a shell An absorbent or permeable material F is wrapped around the' perforated pipe D, so that the steam can` pass from the steam chamber of the radiator B by way ofthe pipe A, and the erforations in the pipe D,

into the Asaid 'a sorbent material, to be gently diffused by the latter into the room in which the radiator B is located. In practice, I prefer to wrap the inner portion F1 of the absorbent or permeable material F tightly, and the outer portion F2 loosely as shownv in Fi 2, and inclose the Whole of wire/gauze, perforated sheet metal or the like,-to securely hold it in position against unwrapping. `A drip cup H is preferably arranged on the lower lend of the pipe D directly -below the lower end of the'steam absorber, so that any water of condensation that may drip off the absorber falls into the drip cup H Aand is evaporated therein by the heat radiating from the steam radiator B. The amount of steam allowed to pass from the steam compartment of the radiator B into the absorber can be conveniently regulated by the operator manipulating the valve C accordingly. By the arrangement described, a desired 'amount of moisture is given off to the air in the room in which the radiator B is located, the moisture being supplied by the radiator B.

By arranging the absorbent material in the manner described, the device is rendered completely noiseless, and by its simple construction can be cheaply manufactured and readily applied to radiators now in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as-new and desire to secure by Let\ ters Patent:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an air moistener, comprising a perforated pipe having a closed upper end and adapted to be attached to a radiator in a vertical position, permeable material in sheet 'form surrounding the perforated portion of the pipe, a foraminous cylinder surrounding the permeable material, and a drip cup on the lower end of theY pipe below the permeable material and its mclosing cylinder.

2. An air moistener, consisting of a perforated pipe adapted to communicate with the steam s ace ofa radiator, and to be held in a vertica position, a closure'for the upper end of the pipe, sheets of permeable mate` V CHARLES GIRO MCKENDRICK.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. REILLY, F. R. NUGENT'. 

